Curling-iron attachment



Dec. 3, 1929.

J. H. JACOBS 1,737,765

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Patented Dec. 3, 1929 UNITED STATES GURLING'r-IRON ATTACHMENT Application filed April 1,

This invention relates to improvements in curling iron attachments of the type disclosed and claimed in U. S. Letters Patent 1,691,115, granted to me on November 13, 1928.

In the employment of curling irons especially of the type that is heated electri` fails to exercise great care the heated portion ot the iron will come in contact with the scalp with the result that serious burns often take place.

In the patent above identified, I have disclosed and claimed a protector that can be applied to a curling iron of ordinary construction and which serves to protect the person whose hair is curled against injury.

It is the object of this invention to produce an improved construction of protector which can be employed in connection with curling irons having blunt recessed ends as distinguished from the sharp, conical ends of the curling irons illustrated in my patent.

It is another object of this invention to pro-duce a protector having such shape that it will not roll when laid upon a surface and which therefore serves as a support for the curling iron.

rThe above and other objects which may become apparent as the description proceeds are attained by means of a construction and an arrangement of parts that will now be described in detail, and reference for this purpose will be had to the accompanying drawing, in which the invention has been illustrated, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation oi a curling iron showing my improved protector in place thereon, a portion of the curling iron having been broken away to betterr disclose the construction; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion oic the protector.

In the drawing numeral 1 indicates the handle of a curling iron to which the cylindrical heating member 2 is attached. A clamping member 3 is pivoted at 4 to ring 5 and is acted upon by means of a spring 6 which tends to move it tol clamping position and this spring is provided with an opening for the reception of a pin 7, all in the usual a'idgufell way. The free end of the Embers instead' Of beine" Pointed as is` ordm rily the case, is lprovided with a centri i cessed portion 8. My improved prot or, of af bar 9 of some poor heat 55 :ce ducting material', suchY as liber, one end cally, it often happens that if the operator n this providedwith'an opening to which spring is attached#` The'other end of ils'ms'p'ring is attached to a ring 11 th"v ic crlesft'heherating member 2L and is 60 loca ed between the' ring' 5 and the end of handle 1. The other end of the protector termina-tes in a conical point 12 that lies to one side and which has its rear surface provided with a conical point 13 that is adapted a5 to enter the recess S in the end of the heating member and to hold the protector in place. It will be seen that the protector can rotate with respect to the heating element 2 and that due to the action of the spring 10 and-7o the point 13, it is securely held in place. The outer surface of the protector is preferably. concave as indicated by numeral 14E in Fig.

2, so that when the curling iron is laid down on a flat surface, it will support the same in 7'5 the position shown in Fig. l. This is a great convenience for the operator as by this means the iron can be supported in any desired position when not in use.

The construction illustrated in this draw- Se ing has a considerable advantage over the one illustrated in my patent due to the fact that when the heating member of the curling iron has a conical end, the protector must have a recess intoI which this end projects a5 and this increases the size of the end portion of the protector which therefore becomes large and clumsy, and it also leaves a projecting edge that is liable to catch the hair and interfere with the operation. When the 9c heating member is provided with a recess in its end it is possible to malte the end of the protector much smaller and to curve the same so as to conform to the curvature of the end of the heating member, thereby making the curler neater in appearance and much more convenient in'its operation.

I-Iaving described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A hair curler having an elongated heatico ing element of good heat conducting material provided at one end With a handle and having a depression in its other end, a protector comprising an elongated member of poor heat conducting material extending along one side of said element, said protector having an oil'- Set portion near one end, said offset having a conical portion adapted to extend into the depression and a spring attached to the other end of the protector for exerting a pull thereon tending to hold the conical projection in the depression.

2. A protector for use With curling irons having an elongated heating element having one end provided With a handle and the other end provided With an axial depression, said protector consisting o an elongated member of poor heat conducting material having one end provided with a laterally extending lug having a pointed projection extending t0- Wards the other end7 said projection being adapted to extend into the depression in the heating element, the protector having a substantially rectangular cross section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH H. JACOBS. 

